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RAMACHANDRAA PUBLIC SHHOOL

CHEMISTRY INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

TO PREPARE POSTER PAINTS AND
PIGMENTS USING CHEMICALS AND
REAGENTS
SUBMITTED BY:
B. VISHAL KUMAR
STD: 11 SEC:A
ROLL NO. : 11221
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my

teachers Mrs. Aruna devi Mam & Mr. Gopi Krishnan Sir as well
as our principal Mrs. Priya Sridharan who gave me the golden
opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic
Preparation of pigments and poster paints , which also helped
me in doing a lot of Research and i came to know about so
many new things I am really thankful to them.
Secondly i would also like to thank my parents and friends
who helped me a lot in finalizing this project within the
limited time frame.
 INDEX
1. AIM
2. THEORY
3. APPARATUS REQUIRED
4. PROCEDURE
5. RESULT
6. PRECAUTIONS
7. CONCLUSION
AIM :
To prepare pigments and
paints using different
chemicals and reagents.
THEORY :
A pigment is a material that changes
the colour of reflected or transmitted
light as the result of wavelength
selective absorption. This physical
quantity differs from different
material. A pigment should have high
tinting strength relative to the
materials it colours.
Most pigments used in manufacturing and
the visual arts are dry colorants, usually
ground into a fine powder. This powder is
added to the binder, a relatively neutral or
colourless material that suspends the
pigment and gives the paint its adhesion
Pigments are used for colouring paint, ink,
plastic, fabric, cosmetics, food, and other
various materials.
APPARATUS REQUIRED
 Clear Glue
 Water
 Beakers
 Filter papers
 Conical flask
 Weight machine
 Potassium Chromate [K2CrO4]
 Lead Nitrate [Pb(NO3)
 Ferric chloride [FeCl3]
 Potassium Ferrocyanide (K4[Fe(CN)6].3H2O)
 Sodium carbonate [Na2CO3]
 Copper Sulphate Pentahydrate
[CuSO4.5H2O]
 Sodium Chloride [NaCl]
 PROCEDURE
FOR CHROME YELLOW
Chemically known as Lead Chromate (PbCrO4)
the yellow pigment is obtained as follows:
1. Dissolve 3.5 grams of K2CrO4 in
25 mL of water and 5 grams Lead Nitrate
in 50 mL water in two separate beakers.
2. Pour the Potassium Chromate solution in the Lead
Nitrate and stir continuously.
3. Lead Chromate separates as precipitate and is the
required pigment.
4. Filter the precipitate and dry the pigment

Reactions involved:
K2CrO4 + Pb (NO3)2 → PbCrO4 + 2KNO3
 PROCEDURE
FOR PRUSSIAN BLUE
Chemically known as Complex Ferro
Cyanide
(Fe4[Fe (CN)6]3).
Procedure for Analysis:
1) Make a solution of 5 grams of Hydrated
Iron (III) Chloride in 50 mL of water.
2) Make a solution of 10 grams of
Potassium
Ferro Cyanide in 75 mL of water.
3) Add Iron Chloride solution into
Potassium
Ferro Cyanide solution while stirring
briskly.
4) A dark blue colour very fine
powdered type
substance precipitates.
5) Filter the precipitate and wash it with
water. It takes a long time to filter this
substance.
 Reactions Involved:
3K4[Fe(CN)6] + 4FeCl3 →
Fe4[Fe(CN)6]
 PROCEDURE
FOR MALACHITE GREEN
Chemical formula: C23H25ClN2
1. Make a solution of sodium carbonate by dissolving
3 grams of the salt in 27 mL of water. Stir the solution
briskly, using a spatula, until the salt particles are
properly dissolved in the water.
2. Make a solution of copper sulphate by dissolving 6
grams of the salt in 25 mL of water. Stir the solution
briskly, using a spatula, until the salt particles are
properly dissolved in the water.
3. Add sodium carbonate solution, slowly, into
copper sulphate solution while stirring briskly.
4. Leave the obtained greenish mixture undisturbed
for 15 minutes.
5. Prepare a gravity filter by setting a folded filter
paper in the form of a cone, which is stuck to the inner
edge of a funnel, which is then set on a conical flask.
6. Now pour the mixture slowly allowing it to form the
precipitate.
7. Once the filter paper is dried up, transfer the
powder into a china dish and also scrape the excess
powder stuck on the filter paper.
8. The obtained powder is the pigment of the shade
malachite.
 Reactions involved:
CuSO4.5H2O + 2Na2CO3 →
CuCO3.Cu(OH)2+ 2Na2SO4 +
CO2+ 9H2O
 PROCEDURE
FOR WHITE

Chemically known as Lead chloride (Pbcl2)

the white pigment is obtained as follows:
Procedure for Analysis:
1) Dissolve 1.5 grams of sodium chloride in
5 mL of water and 3 grams Lead Nitrate in 5
mL water in two separate beakers.
2)Pour the sodium chloride solution in the
Lead Nitrate and stir continuously.
3)Lead Chloride separates as precipitate
and is the required pigment.
4) Filter the precipitate and dry the
pigment. Reactions
 Involved reaction:
NaCl(aq)+Pb(NO3)2(aq)→PbCl
2(ppt)+NaNO3(aq
 RESULTS:
Experiment 1: Prussian Blue
Amount of Reactants = g
Amount of Pigment formed = ____
g
Efficiency = ____ %
Experiment 2: Chrome Yellow
Amount of Reactants = ____ g
Amount of Pigment formed = ____
g
Efficiency = ____ %
Experiment 3: Malachite
Amount of Reactants = ____ g
Amount of Pigment formed = ____
g
Efficiency = ____ %
Experiment 4: white Amount
of Reactants = ____ g Amount
of Pigment formed = ____ g
Efficiency = ____ %
 PRECAUTIONS
1. All the apparatus used for the experiments
should be properly cleaned before use so as
to prevent any unnecessary addition of
impurities.
2. All chemicals used should be
accurately measured. If more or
less than the required amount is
used, then the pigment may not be
formed efficiently.
3. Make sure the right chemicals are
used else an unwanted reaction
may take place, which may thus
lead to incorrect results.
4. Filtration of the pigment should
be done carefully so as to get
maximum amount of pigment.
 CONCLUSION
Prepared pigments and poster
paints using various reagents
and chemicals
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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